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Period: 1500 to 1525
The Early 1500's
The Netherlands were apart of Holy Roman Empire, later protestant, Northern provinces weren't independence -
Period: 1500 to
Most of 1500's
Portugal controlled spice trade for most of the 1500's. -
1510
1510
Portuguese seized the island of Goa and made it a military and comercial base -
Period: 1510 to 1560
In Less Than 50 Years
Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts. -
1511
1511
Portuguese took Island of Malacca under Albuqerque -
1521
1521
Magellan claimed the Archipelago for Spain. -
1526
1526
Mughal Empire started 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King Affonso I rights a complaint to King John III of Portugal. -
1560
1510-1560
Portuguese built trading empire in Southeast Asia. -
1599
A Dutch Fleet returned to Asia after being absent for a year. There was a increase in oversea trade. -
1602
A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed in Dutch East India Company -
1641
Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade. -
Period: to
Mid 1700's
The British and French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power. -
Period: to
Mid 1700's
Britain had used its great wealth to dominate much of India. -
1900's
Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia.
